who thinks that african americans should be called black americans?

Question

who thinks that african americans should be called black americans? I'm not racist or anything, but I remember telling a lot of " Afircan Americans' that they are from Africa and they deny it and get angry. So if they don't want to get involved with Africa they shouldn't be called african americans then, and the only suitable name for them is black american.

Answer 1

It doesn't really matter to me. I just wish everyone could agree on a term and be done with it. Most black Americans are many generations removed from their African roots so it doesn't make much sense to call them African but they are also brown, not black, so black doesn't make much sense either. Sometimes they are referred to as people of color but for older folks that sounds too close to the old term "colored" and it ignores the fact that we all have some color. Maybe I should just call them strongly pigmented Americans. In the end, I just call people what they want to be called so I stick with black because that seems to be the majority opinion among black people.

Answer 2

If you're not racist, why are you telling any african americans that they are from africa, especially if they were born in america, why is it any of your concern? Some african americans really do want to be involved with africa and some don't, end of story. But most importantly, it's their own individual choice. One or a few do not speak for the collective. As for terminology... it's not entirely incorrect to call us african americans; since, despite being born here, we are descended from africans, so we typically use the terms interchangeably.

Answer 3

Who cares? why make an issue of this. Why do we have the need to use labels. There is a problem with labels. ******, black man African etc they all end up substituting one for the other. You are all Americans. Only the police and the state need labels like Asian Hispanic black Indian etc to narrow down search patterns and suspects. We are not in that business. Over here in Europe those labels do not really exist unless we want to be derogatory about something. We are all Greeks or Italians or French or what not.

Answer 4

That depends. Technically speaking the only true African Americans are the black people that are from Africa. Blacks from the U.S. have so many other ethnic backgrounds in them that we are just basically black. The majority of our makeup is still African, but we are so mixed that the term black is fine to me. But the term African American is used more for professional purposes, like the word Caucasian.

Answer 5

Why don’t we in basic terms call everybody regardless of their race an individuals. If one have been to call Blacks – Black American then we can would desire to call white people, white individuals, Asian people, Yellow individuals, interior sight individuals- crimson individuals. Mexican individuals –brown individuals. and so on. ‘African individuals’ have ancestors from Africa. maximum of their families have been right here over two hundred years. Now if somebody say got here to united statesa. from Africa 15 years in the past and have been given citizenship then they could be an African American. Or what ever united states the guy got here from.

Answer 6

I'm Asian, third generation in America. Coming to America was a big blessing for my family. My family raised me to be an American - we learned the language, we bought only American made products. But at the same time we keep knowledge of our heritage and culture. But we were Americans. At 55; I've traveled the world many times in the military. While in other countries I have never heard someone say - I am an American/Jew, I am an American/Italian, I am an American/Koren. I have found that only in America do people say I am Mexican/American, I am Japanese/American, and so on. Let me ask - when you get a passport it says American Citizen, not ........./American. So - if your citizenship is American; you are American.

Answer 7

How about just calling them Americans and doing the same for Americans of other origins? Why do Americans always want to categorize themselves so much into ethnicities instead of just being one nation?

Mentioning people's skin color is rarely necessary, it's only needed when describing how they look, in some cases when talking about cultural differences and when it comes to racial discrimination.

I think people are too busy thinking of each other in race terms. Why don't you try being Americans for once?

Answer 8

I am a white dude who used to date a lot of black women. They all hated being called African Americans. They all wanted to be called black. It is the PC term to call a Black Person, well...Black

Answer 9

Just plain ol' American will suffice for me...after 400 plus years of interracial unions, who can say that we are "African" anymore? Although we are still darker than most Americans, our bloodlines carry a more diverse distinction than just African...

Answer 10

why should they have the "privilege" of being color designated. how do you call an American whose parents emigrated from Poland, from Ireland or from Pakistan, they are called Americans or polish, Irish, Pakistani.
they should be called Americans or Africans.